Having seen a few pictures of authors’ workplaces, I thought I’d post a picture of the (messy and cheerless) workstation where I do my writing. One of these days it would be nice to move it into a room of its own, with all my books around and some ornaments/nice pictures or something, rather than…
90% Proof continues its nauseating see-saw between being ‘yay! I love it!’ and ‘OMG I never want to see it again.’ Today I discovered that I could not edit. According to the guidelines, I’m supposed to take all variants of the verb ‘to be’ out of the manuscript. I’m also supposed to strictly limit character…
So Emma Collingwood and I were having a discussion about officer’s cabins. (Well, we both have amorous Lieutenants, who wanted to know why they got so little action on board ship.) And it occurred to me to dig out the pictures my husband took while we were going round HMS Victory in the summer. Unfortunately…
Well, Captain’s Surrender was released on the 1st of January. At the time I was too busy throwing up to notice. (Food poisoning, I hasten to add, not over celebration). But now it’s out, and I find myself getting ready to edit 90% Proof with Freya’s Bower in January, followed with the prospect of finishing…